Overview

• Statistisches Bundesamt figures show more than 22% of Germans cannot afford a weeklong vacation.
• Almost half of respondents say they will cut holiday spending this year, including 27.4% who plan significant reductions and 18% modest ones.
• A Civey survey finds that 34.4% of Germans feel financially overburdened by vacation costs.
• Single parents and lower-education households are among the hardest hit, underscoring widening socioeconomic gaps in leisure access.
• Michaela Engelmeier of Sozialverband Deutschland has called for targeted relief for low- and middle-income families to safeguard social participation.